How our Online Training Works
Online Training
We developed online training courses to help advocates in Washington fulfill the self-study portion of their continuing education requirements without needing to travel to trainings — and without having to spend money. Go at your own pace and study the subjects that interest you.
Available Courses:
Advocacy for People with Disabilities
This course is designed to help domestic violence advocates gain knowledge and confidence when advocating for survivors with disabilities.
Child Support and Domestic Violence
This course explains the benefits and risks to battered women of using the child support system.
Common Grounds, New Directions
This course focuses on advocacy challenges related to serving domestic violence victims with limited English proficiency.
Home Sweet/Safe Home
This course will help you get oriented in the sea of housing options and help you think critically about how our movement is responding to survivors' needs.
Intro to Nonprofit Finance
New Course! Learn about the 3 most commonly used financial statements that can help you - managers, boards of directors and advocates - better support and lead your organization.
Learning the Laws on Confidentiality
This course provides an overview of state and federal laws protecting survivors' personal information, and how DV programs should handle such data.
Making Work Work
New Course! This course includes information for advocates on the protections and risks of employment for survivors of domestic violence.
Program Evaluation
This course is a fresh look at getting feedback from survivors.
Public Benefits 101
This course summarizes information about welfare, food, housing, utilities, medical and more.
Public Benefits for Immigrant and Refugee Survivors of Domestic Violence
This course will help advocates sort out what public benefits immigrant or refugee survivors should be able to receive.
The Role of Legal Advocacy
This course will provide an overview of the role of legal advocacy and give examples of what legal practices are authorized and not authorized.
Thinking Shelter
This course covers the basics on state rules for domestic violence shelters, history of our shelter movement, and re-thinking shelter rules.